OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Language Assessment Quarterly is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Assessing the Validity of Lexical Diversity Indices Using Direct Judgements	52
Linking Learners’ Perspectives on Language Assessment Practices to Teachers’ Assessment Literacy Enhancement (TALE): Insights from Four European Countries	28
Identifying Developmental Language Disorder in School Age Bilinguals: Semantics, Grammar, and Narratives	23
What Do Teachers Think They Want? A Comparative Study of In-Service Language Teachers’ Beliefs on LAL Training Needs	22
Duolingo English Test, Revised Version July 2019	21
An Overview of COVID-19’s Impact on English Language University Admissions and Placement Tests	14
Is Frequency Enough?: The Frequency Model in Vocabulary Size Testing	12
Crisis, Collaboration, Recovery: IELTS and COVID-19	11
Language Test Misuse	10
Maintaining access to a large-scale test of academic language proficiency during the pandemic: The launch of TOEFL iBT Home Edition	10
Diagnostic Assessment of L2 Academic Writing Product, Process and Self-regulatory Strategy Use with a Comparative Dimension	8
Conversion to Remote Proctoring of the Community English Language Program Online Placement Exam at Teachers College, Columbia University	8
The Relationship between Word Difficulty and Frequency: A Response to Hashimoto (2021)	8
Authenticated Spoken Texts for L2 Listening Tests	7
Comparing Rating Modes: Analysing Live, Audio, and Video Ratings of IELTS Speaking Test Performances	7
Towards Improved Assessment of L2 Collocation Knowledge	7
Investigating Target Tasks, Task Phases, and Indigenous Criteria for Military Aviation English Assessment	6
Text Authenticity in Listening Assessment: Can Item Writers Be Trained to Produce Authentic-sounding Texts?	6
A Review on Language Assessment Literacy: Trends, Foci and Contributions	6
The Fluctuating Effect of Thinking on Language Performance: New Evidence for the Island Ridge Curve	6
Evaluating Writing Process Features in an Adult EFL Writing Assessment Context: A Keystroke Logging Study	6
The Effect of Additional Time on the Quality of Argumentation in L2 Writing Assessment: A Mixed-methods Study	6
Assessing Interactional Competence: ICE versus a Human Partner	5
Advancing L2 Dynamic Assessment: Innovations in Chinese Contexts	5
English language placement testing at BYU-Hawaii in the time of COVID-19	5

An Investigation of the Impact of Jagged Profile on L2 Speaking Test Ratings: Evidence from Rating and Eye-tracking Data	5
“How Scripted is this Going to Be?” Raters’ Views of Authenticity in Speaking-performance Tests	5
Testing Language, but What?: Examining the Carrier Content of IELTS Preparation Materials from a Critical Perspective	5
Upholding Language Assessment Quality during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Some Final Thoughts and Questions	5
Exploring the Construct Validity of the ECCE: Latent Structure of a CEFR-Based High-Intermediate Level English Language Proficiency Test	4
The practice of assessing Norwegian and English language proficiency in multilingual elementary school classrooms in Norway	4
Low Print Literacy and Its Representation in Research and Policy	4
Language Testing for Migrants: Co-Constructing Validation	3
Promoting Learning Potential among Students of L2 Chinese through Dynamic Assessment	3
Automatic Speaking Assessment of Spontaneous L2 Finnish and Swedish	3
Can the Test Support Student Learning? Validating the Use of a Second Language Pronunciation Diagnostic	3
Teacher Views on the Implementation of English Language Proficiency Scales for Young Indigenous Learners of Standard English	3
Gazing into Cognition: Eye Behavior in Online L2 Speaking Tests	3
Assessment of English Learners and Their Peers in the Content Areas: Expanding What “Counts” as Evidence of Content Learning	3
Iowa State University’s English placement test of oral communication in times of COVID-19	3
Evaluation of Language and Teaching Skill Domains for International Teaching Assistants: An Approach based on Invariant Measurement	3
Exploring the Validity of a Comprehensive Listening Test to Identify Differences in Primary School Students’ Listening Skills	3
Using Multistage Testing to Enhance Measurement of an English Language Proficiency Test	3
Insights into Editing and Revising in Writing Process Using Keystroke Logs	3
Validity Considerations for Assessing Language Proficiency in Young Language Minority Students	3
Relationships between Comprehension, Strategic Behaviours and Content-Related Aspects of Test Performances in Integrated Speaking Tasks	3
An Interventionist Dynamic Assessment Approach to College English Writing in China	2
The Use of Assistive Technologies Including Generative AI by Test Takers in Language Assessment: A Debate of Theory and Practice	2
At the Intersection of Language Testing Policy, Practice, and Research: An Interview with Yan Jin	2
Developing a Classroom-based Language Assessment of Japanese for Children Who Speak Minority Languages in Japan: The Dialogic Language Assessment	2
Technology-Enhanced Items in Grades 1–12 English Language Proficiency Assessments	2
Assessing Young Language-Minority Students: Validation Challenges and Future Research Directions	2
Advancing Language Assessment with AI and ML–Leaning into AI is Inevitable, but Can Theory Keep Up?	2
L2 Speaking Assessment in Secondary School Classrooms in Japan	2
The Criticality of Implementing Principled Design When Using AI Technologies in Test Development	2
English as an Additional Language Assessment Framework: Filling a Void in Policy and Provision in School Education in England	2
Generalizability of CEFR Criterial Grammatical Features in a Korean EFL Corpus across A1, A2, B1, and B2 Levels	2
Investigating the Skills Involved in Reading Test Tasks through Expert Judgement and Verbal Protocol Analysis: Convergence and Divergence between the Two Methods	2
Temple University’s ITA Placement Test in Times of COVID-19	2
A Revisit of Zumbo’s Third Generation DIF: How Are We Doing in Language Testing?	2
Investigating the Effects of Task Type and Linguistic Background on Accuracy in Automated Speech Recognition Systems: Implications for Use in Language Assessment of Young Learners	2
Fostering Self-Regulated Young Writers: Dynamic Assessment of Metacognitive Competence in Secondary School EFL Class	2
Evaluating language assessments	2
Application of Bi-factor MIRT and Higher-order CDM Models to an In-house EFL Listening Test for Diagnostic Purposes	2
The Interplay of Text and Image on the Meaning-making Processes of Adult L2 Learners with Emerging Literacy: Implications for Test Design and Evaluation Frameworks	2
Literacy Affects Brain Structure – What Can We Learn for Language Assessment in Low Literates?	2